EMC Celerra Systems: How They Compare

 

EMC Celerra
Unified Storage Platforms
EMC Celerra
Gateway Platforms

Applications profile

Distributed file server environments with specific performance, availability, and scalability requirements in a unified storage environment with optional SAN access.

Environments with existing SAN infrastructure, growing deployments of file servers, and specific multiprotocol performance, availability, and scalability requirements.

NAS servers

NX4

  • 1 or 2 X-Blades

NS-120

  • 1 or 2 X-Blades

NS-480

  • 2 or 4 X-Blades

NS-960

  • 2 to 8 X-Blades

NS-G2

  • 1 or 2 X-Blades

NS-G8

  • 2 to 8 X-Blades

Packaging

Unified storage solution with up to 8 X-Blades and EMC CLARiiON storage

Gateway solution with up to 8 X-Blades

Number of control stations

1 (1-2 for NS-960)

1 (1-2 for NS-G8)

Maximum storage capacities

NX4

  • Up to 32 TB usable (16 TB maximum per active X-Blade), SAS and SATA drives
  • Up to 60 drives raw capacity

NS-120

  • Up to 64 TB usable (32 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives
  • Up to 120 drives raw capacity

NS-480

  • Up to 192 TB usable (64 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives
  • Up to 480 drives raw capacity

NS-960

  • Up to 740 TB usable (128 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives
  • Up to 960 drives raw capacity

NS-G2

  • Up to 128 TB usable (64 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives
  • Up to 256 TB raw capacity based on RAID 1 configuration

NS-G8

  • Up to 896 TB usable (128 TB maximum per active X-Blade), FC, SATA and flash drives
  • Up to 1.8 PB raw capacity based on RAID 1 configuration

Network access

NX4

  • 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade or 2 Copper GigE ports and 2 Optical 10GigE ports per X-Blade
  • Optional: 4 Fibre Channel ports (2 per back-end SP)

NS-120

  • 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade or 2 Copper GigE ports and 2 Optical 10GigE ports per X-Blade
  • Optional: 8 Fibre Channel ports (4 per back-end SP)

NS-480

  • 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade or 2 Copper and 2 Optical GigE per X-Blade or 2 Copper GigE ports and 2 Optical 10GigE ports per X-Blade
  • Optional: 8 Fibre Channel ports (4 per back-end SP)

NS-960

  • 6 UltraFlex IO slots per X-Blade*
  • Optional: Up to 20 Fibre Channel ports (10 per back-end SP)

* Slot can contain either quad 10/100/1000, dual GigE Optical + dual 10/100/1000, or single 10GigE Port

NS-G2

  • 4 Copper GigE ports per X-Blade or 2 Copper and 2 Optical GigE per X-Blade or 2 Copper GigE ports and 2 Optical 10GigE ports per X-Blade

NS-G8

  • 6 UltraFlex IO slots per X-Blade*

* Slot can contain either quad 10/100/1000, dual GigE Optical + dual 10/100/1000, or single 10GigE Port

Network protocols

NFS v2, v3, & v4, CIFS (SMB 1 and SMB 2), FTP, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, SNTP, TFTP, iSCSI, MPFS, Fibre Channel Option

NFS v2, v3, & v4, CIFS (SMB 1 and SMB 2), FTP, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, SNTP, TFTP, iSCSI, MPFS

Operating environments

UNIX, Windows, Linux, Novell (iSCSI only), Mac (NAS only)

UNIX, Windows, Linux, Novell (iSCSI only), Mac (NAS only)

 

Software

  • EMC Celerra Event Enabler (Anti-Virus and Event Publishing)
  • EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management
  • EMC Celerra Data Deduplication
  • EMC Celerra Replicator
  • EMC Celerra SnapSure
  • EMC Celerra FileMover
  • EMC Celerra File Level Retention (Enterprise and Compliance options)
  • EMC Celerra MPFS

  • EMC Celerra Event Enabler (Anti-Virus and Event Publishing)
  • EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management
  • EMC Celerra Data Deduplication
  • EMC Celerra Replicator
  • EMC Celerra SnapSure
  • EMC Celerra FileMover
  • EMC Celerra File Level Retention (Enterprise and Compliance options)
  • EMC Celerra MPFS

Management options

EMC Celerra Manager (Basic or Advanced Edition), Microsoft Management Console, Command Line Interface (CLI)

EMC Celerra Manager (Basic or Advanced Edition), Microsoft Management Console, Command Line Interface (CLI)
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